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Full-Text Articles in Law
Chemical Prospecting, Biodiversity Conservation, And The Importance Of International Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights In Biological Materials, Mark A. Urbanski
Chemical Prospecting, Biodiversity Conservation, And The Importance Of International Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights In Biological Materials, Mark A. Urbanski
Buffalo Journal of International Law
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Recent Developments: Self-Determination In The Case Of Chechnya, Luke P. Bellocchi
Recent Developments: Self-Determination In The Case Of Chechnya, Luke P. Bellocchi
Buffalo Journal of International Law
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Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: The Dilemmas Of The Post-Colonial African State (Review Essay), Makau Wa Mutua
Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: The Dilemmas Of The Post-Colonial African State (Review Essay), Makau Wa Mutua
Book Reviews
Reviewing Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration of Legitimate Authority, I. William Zartman, ed.
Why Redraw The Map Of Africa: A Legal And Moral Inquiry, Makau Wa Mutua
Why Redraw The Map Of Africa: A Legal And Moral Inquiry, Makau Wa Mutua
Journal Articles
This article questions the legitimacy of the African state and the imperial cartography on which it is based. It argues that African states are conceptually faulty because they are the crude and thoughtless handiworks of European colonial powers. It is the artificiality of the African state that has been responsible for its failure to cohere into a nation that is viable. The piece argues for geographic and normative re-articulation of the African state - by smashing the current states - to endow them with moral, political, and legal legitimacy. It concludes that democratic entities are unlikely to develop where pre-colonial …